So Long, Phil Spencer. You Will Not Be Missed

Xbox chief Phil Spencer is retiring; Xbox president Sarah Bond is also departing, and Microsoft has appointed CoreAI exec Asha Sharma to lead Xbox. The article situates this within Microsoft’s acquisitions (e.g., Activision Blizzard), studio closures, and mass layoffs, while noting Sharma’s pledge not to flood games with AI and to support human‑crafted art. This leadership shift and ongoing consolidation/cost‑cutting have direct ramifications for game development teams, including audio, and signal potential AI policy impacts across PC/mobile/cloud strategy.

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